NGC 2783
NGC 2783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2783 as it looked roughly 314 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 2783BBarred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2444Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical24 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).