NGC 2839
NGC 2839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2839 as it looked roughly 383 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 2825Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2491Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2491Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 2473Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2479Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2478Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2476Elliptical28 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).