NGC 2648
NGC 2648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2648 as it looked roughly 93 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 2725Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 2329Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2644Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2329Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2644Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral20 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).