NGC 2831
NGC 2831
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2831 as it looked roughly 239 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
IC 2516Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2518Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3074Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2942Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2926Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2421Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2518Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3074Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2942Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2926Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2421Spiral41 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).