NGC 2738
NGC 2738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2738 as it looked roughly 139 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 2737Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2743Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral17 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).