NGC 2373
NGC 2373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2373 as it looked roughly 360 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 2375Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2178Galaxy30 million ly
apartIC 2176Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular57 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2178Galaxy30 million ly
apartIC 2176Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular57 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular58 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).