NGC 2851
NGC 2851
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2851 as it looked roughly 235 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 2890Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular32 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).