NGC 2882
NGC 2882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2882 as it looked roughly 99 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 2894Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 540Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2906Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 540Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2906Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral12 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).