NGC 2714
NGC 2714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2714 as it looked roughly 131 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 2842Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2887Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2887Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral34 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).