NGC 2389
NGC 2389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2389 as it looked roughly 184 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 2388Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 2379Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2379Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2385Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2435Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral20 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).