NGC 2446
NGC 2446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2446 as it looked roughly 263 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 2431Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2472Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2475Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2472Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical17 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).