NGC 2721
NGC 2721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2721 as it looked roughly 173 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 2817Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2716Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular26 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).