NGC 2690
NGC 2690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2690 as it looked roughly 75 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 2706Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2699Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular14 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).