NGC 2694
NGC 2694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2694 as it looked roughly 237 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 2693Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2771Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral22 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).