NGC 2729
NGC 2729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2729 as it looked roughly 178 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
IC 2426Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2723Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular10 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).