NGC 2814
NGC 2814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2814 as it looked roughly 77 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 2805Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2880Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral12 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).