NGC 2701
NGC 2701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2701 as it looked roughly 108 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 2710Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3182Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2856Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3182Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral25 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).