NGC 2691
NGC 2691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2691 as it looked roughly 187 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 2638Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2649Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2860Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2421Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2649Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2860Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2421Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular29 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).