NGC 2804
NGC 2804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2804 as it looked roughly 387 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 2807ABarred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2791Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2809Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2791Lenticular19 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).