NGC 2082
NGC 2082
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2082 as it looked roughly 55 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 1947Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1796Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1796Barred spiral9.4 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).