NGC 2829 NED02
NGC 2829 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2829 NED02 as it looked roughly 331 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 2823Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2827Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2833Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical9.0 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).