NGC 2405
NGC 2405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2405 as it looked roughly 264 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 2370Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2503Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2503Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral36 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).