NGC 2824
NGC 2824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2824 as it looked roughly 128 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 2753Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2735AIrregular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2750Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2735AIrregular15 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).