NGC 2387
NGC 2387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
933 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 933 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2387 as it looked roughly 933 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 2234Elliptical220 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral230 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral270 million ly
apartIC 2402Lenticular280 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular280 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical300 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 490Barred spiral230 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral270 million ly
apartIC 2402Lenticular280 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular280 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical300 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).