NGC 2865
NGC 2865
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2865 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 2815Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2921Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2717Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2921Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral17 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).