NGC 2810
NGC 2810
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2810 as it looked roughly 164 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 520Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2614Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral14 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).