NGC 2310
NGC 2310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2310 as it looked roughly 47 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 2328Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2502Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 1808Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2502Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 1808Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral17 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).