NGC 2873
NGC 2873
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2873 as it looked roughly 151 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 2872Elliptical570,000 ly
apartNGC 2911Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2911Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral21 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).