NGC 2735
NGC 2735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2735 as it looked roughly 109 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 2735AIrregular7.0 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 508Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular17 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).