NGC 2864
NGC 2864
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2864 as it looked roughly 475 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 2432Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 569Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 551Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 2720Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 2940Elliptical85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 569Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 551Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 2720Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 2940Elliptical85 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).