NGC 2815
NGC 2815
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2815 as it looked roughly 117 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 2865Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2821Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral15 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).