NGC 2340
NGC 2340
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
255k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2340 as it looked roughly 277 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 2326Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2332Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy11 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).