NGC 2840
NGC 2840
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2840 as it looked roughly 349 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 2833Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2434Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2823Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2434Barred spiral24 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).