NGC 2380
NGC 2380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2380 as it looked roughly 83 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 456Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2295Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).