NGC 2858
NGC 2858
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2858 as it looked roughly 170 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
IC 534Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2987Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2729Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2765Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2987Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2729Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular19 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).