NGC 2789
NGC 2789
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2789 as it looked roughly 296 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 2444Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2435Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2783BBarred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2828Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2783Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2826Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2435Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2783BBarred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2828Lenticular23 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).