NGC 2434
NGC 2434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2434 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 2397BIrregular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2397Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical15 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).