NGC 2853
NGC 2853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2853 as it looked roughly 83 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 2852Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2798Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2799Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2798Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2799Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral13 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).