NGC 2654
NGC 2654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2654 as it looked roughly 63 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 2768Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2209Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2742Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2209Barred spiral8.4 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).