NGC 2314
NGC 2314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2314 as it looked roughly 179 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
IC 2174Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2258Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical16 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).