NGC 2730
NGC 2730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2730 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 528Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2745Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2741Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2745Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2667Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2741Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular18 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).