NGC 2870
NGC 2870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2870 as it looked roughly 149 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 3043Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3102Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3102Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral31 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).