NGC 2798
NGC 2798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2798 as it looked roughly 82 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 2853Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2852Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2799Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2844Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2852Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2799Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2844Spiral13 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).