NGC 2859
NGC 2859
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2859 as it looked roughly 78 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 2970Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2893Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2853Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2893Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2853Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular10 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).