NGC 2872
NGC 2872
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2872 as it looked roughly 150 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 2873Spiral570,000 ly
apartNGC 2911Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2911Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral21 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).