NGC 2800
NGC 2800
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2800 as it looked roughly 354 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 2686BElliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 3111Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2739Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2740Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 2742ABarred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3111Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2739Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2740Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 2742ABarred spiral63 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).