NGC 2613
NGC 2613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2613 as it looked roughly 78 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 2566Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2665Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral18 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).