NGC 2826
NGC 2826
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2826 as it looked roughly 295 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 2828Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2830Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2830Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical27 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).