NGC 2807A
NGC 2807A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2807A as it looked roughly 385 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 2804Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2791Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2809Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2791Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral19 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).