NGC 2820A
NGC 2820A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
9k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2820A as it looked roughly 67 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 2820Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2880Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral8.3 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).