NGC 2805
NGC 2805
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2805 as it looked roughly 83 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 2814Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2880Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral16 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).