NGC 2104
NGC 2104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2104 as it looked roughly 54 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 2101Irregular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1617Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1796Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1824Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1617Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1796Barred spiral12 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).