NGC 2686B
NGC 2686B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2686B as it looked roughly 321 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 2800Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 2457Galaxy68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2755Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 2457Galaxy68 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).