NGC 2397
NGC 2397
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2397 as it looked roughly 64 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
NGC 2397BIrregular940,000 ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2434Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral14 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).