NGC 2294
NGC 2294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2294 as it looked roughly 238 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 2290Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2291Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2291Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy16 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).