NGC 2444
NGC 2444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2444 as it looked roughly 186 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 2445Spiral290,000 ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2493Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral16 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).