NGC 2813
NGC 2813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2813 as it looked roughly 406 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 2457Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2802Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2812Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular16 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).