NGC 2634A
NGC 2634A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2634A as it looked roughly 97 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 2633Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3065Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2636Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3065Lenticular9.7 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).