NGC 2880
NGC 2880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2880 as it looked roughly 72 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 2820ASpiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2814Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2814Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular11 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).