NGC 2820
NGC 2820
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2820 as it looked roughly 65 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 2820ASpiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2768Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral7.1 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).