NGC 2863
NGC 2863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2863 as it looked roughly 83 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 2855Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2978Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2978Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical15 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).