NGC 2676
NGC 2676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2676 as it looked roughly 406 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 2739Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2740Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 2838Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2740Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 2838Elliptical70 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).