NGC 2844
NGC 2844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2844 as it looked roughly 69 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 3003Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2859Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral12 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).