NGC 2290
NGC 2290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2290 as it looked roughly 235 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 2294Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2291Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2289Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2291Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy18 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).