NGC 2862
NGC 2862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2862 as it looked roughly 190 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 2896Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2428Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2487Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2766Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2428Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2487Barred spiral26 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).