NGC 2888
NGC 2888
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2888 as it looked roughly 103 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 2891Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2904Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical15 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).