NGC 2848
NGC 2848
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2848 as it looked roughly 95 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 2781Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2907Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2907Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular9.6 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).