NGC 2415
NGC 2415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2415 as it looked roughly 177 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 2388Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2389Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2389Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral18 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).