NGC 2890
NGC 2890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2890 as it looked roughly 237 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 2851Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical30 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).