NGC 2801
NGC 2801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2801 as it looked roughly 360 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 2790Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2797Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2885Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2797Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2885Lenticular27 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).