NGC 2675
NGC 2675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
190k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2675 as it looked roughly 433 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 2740Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2739Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2676Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2468Lenticular64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2739Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2676Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2468Lenticular64 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).