NGC 2397B
NGC 2397B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2397B as it looked roughly 65 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 2397Barred spiral940,000 ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2434Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1809Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral14 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).