NGC 2856
NGC 2856
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2856 as it looked roughly 123 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 2854Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2701Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2776Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2701Spiral19 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).