NGC 2860
NGC 2860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2860 as it looked roughly 197 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 2922Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3010ALenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3010ALenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral28 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).