NGC 2881 NED02
NGC 2881 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2881 NED02 as it looked roughly 238 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 2884Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2890Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical34 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).