NGC 2697
NGC 2697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2697 as it looked roughly 86 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 2695Lenticular700,000 ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical930,000 ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2699Elliptical930,000 ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral9.4 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).