NGC 2883
NGC 2883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2883 as it looked roughly 54 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 2507Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2997Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral11 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).