NGC 2341
NGC 2341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2341 as it looked roughly 243 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 2342Spiral410,000 ly
apartIC 2181Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2370Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2181Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2370Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular28 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).