NGC 2834
NGC 2834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2834 as it looked roughly 325 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 2827Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2832Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral7.2 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).