NGC 2692
NGC 2692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2692 as it looked roughly 176 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 2756Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2534Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2469Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2534Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2469Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2691Spiral41 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).