NGC 2699
NGC 2699
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2699 as it looked roughly 85 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 2695Lenticular550,000 ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular930,000 ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2697Lenticular930,000 ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral8.6 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).