NGC 2708
NGC 2708
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2708 as it looked roughly 93 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 2709Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2644Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2698Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2644Spiral15 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).