NGC 2607
NGC 2607
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2607 as it looked roughly 164 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 2619Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2628Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2565Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2545Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2628Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2565Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2545Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral28 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).