NGC 2416
NGC 2416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2416 as it looked roughly 238 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 2402 NED02Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 2402 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2402 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical33 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).