NGC 2861
NGC 2861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2861 as it looked roughly 236 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
IC 531Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2481Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2960Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2773Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2481Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2960Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2773Spiral29 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).