NGC 2665
NGC 2665
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2665 as it looked roughly 81 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 2613Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2612Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2758Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical14 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).