NGC 2838
NGC 2838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2838 as it looked roughly 387 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 2467Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 2468Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2468Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2839Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2825Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral43 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).