NGC 2628
NGC 2628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2628 as it looked roughly 168 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 2607Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2565Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2545Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2565Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2545Spiral21 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).