NGC 2737
NGC 2737
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2737 as it looked roughly 143 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 2738Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2743Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral18 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).