NGC 2885
NGC 2885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2885 as it looked roughly 369 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 2472Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 536Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2451Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2452Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 536Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2451Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2452Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral24 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).