NGC 2884
NGC 2884
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2884 as it looked roughly 244 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 2881 NED02Galaxy6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2890Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral32 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).