NGC 2724
NGC 2724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2724 as it looked roughly 150 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 2719Irregular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2719AIrregular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2719AIrregular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral29 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).