NGC 2435
NGC 2435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2435 as it looked roughly 196 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
IC 2194Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 475Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2389Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2388Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2385Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 475Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2389Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2388Barred spiral19 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).