NGC 2640
NGC 2640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2640 as it looked roughly 49 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 2502Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2310Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2328Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2310Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2328Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 3059Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral22 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).