NGC 2809
NGC 2809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2809 as it looked roughly 389 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 2804Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular16 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).