NGC 2612
NGC 2612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2612 as it looked roughly 76 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 2525Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2517Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2665Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2517Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2690Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral16 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).