NGC 2833
NGC 2833
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
340 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 340 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2833 as it looked roughly 340 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 2823Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2840Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2840Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical15 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).