NGC 2321
NGC 2321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2321 as it looked roughly 292 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 2322Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 460Galaxy5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical8.8 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).