NGC 2855
NGC 2855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2855 as it looked roughly 89 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 2863Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2978Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2902Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2978Spiral10 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).