NGC 2717
NGC 2717
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2717 as it looked roughly 120 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 2815Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2367Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2821Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2367Barred spiral21 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).