NGC 2644
NGC 2644
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2644 as it looked roughly 91 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 2725Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2697Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral15 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).