NGC 2339
NGC 2339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2339 as it looked roughly 105 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 2365Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2357Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2350Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2481Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2480Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2357Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2350Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2481Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2480Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral30 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).