NGC 2821
NGC 2821
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2821 as it looked roughly 114 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 2815Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2888Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2891Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2888Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical12 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).