NGC 2429A
NGC 2429A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2429A as it looked roughly 254 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 2474Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2431Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral16 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).