NGC 2441
NGC 2441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2441 as it looked roughly 162 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 2523Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 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).