NGC 2887
NGC 2887
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2887 as it looked roughly 135 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 2842Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2714Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2601Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2714Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2601Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral35 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).