NGC 2830
NGC 2830
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2830 as it looked roughly 284 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 2826Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2828Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2828Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2493Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical36 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).