NGC 2684
NGC 2684
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2684 as it looked roughly 135 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 2854Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2710Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2785Barred spiral24 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).