NGC 2370
NGC 2370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2370 as it looked roughly 259 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 2376Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2198Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2341Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2198Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2341Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral26 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).