NGC 2672
NGC 2672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2672 as it looked roughly 202 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 2667BBarred spiral770,000 ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2414Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical14 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).