NGC 2406
NGC 2406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2406 as it looked roughly 386 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 2407Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartIC 2187Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2188Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2398Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2187Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2188Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2398Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral65 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).