NGC 2629
NGC 2629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2629 as it looked roughly 172 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 2646Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2550ASpiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral10 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).