NGC 2828
NGC 2828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2828 as it looked roughly 299 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 2826Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2830Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2830Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical25 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).