NGC 2431
NGC 2431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2431 as it looked roughly 265 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 2446Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular11 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2426Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular11 million ly
apartIC 472Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical18 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).