NGC 2379
NGC 2379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2379 as it looked roughly 188 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 2389Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2388Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2385Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2388Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular19 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).