NGC 2651
NGC 2651
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2651 as it looked roughly 407 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
IC 523Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2720Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 2420Elliptical63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2720Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 2420Elliptical63 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).