NGC 2876
NGC 2876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2876 as it looked roughly 285 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 2471Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 533Galaxy23 million ly
apartIC 553Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 533Galaxy23 million ly
apartIC 553Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular32 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).