NGC 2350
NGC 2350
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2350 as it looked roughly 88 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 2339Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2365Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2357Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2481Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 2329Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2365Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2357Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2481Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 2329Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral33 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).