NGC 2746
NGC 2746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2746 as it looked roughly 329 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 2434Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 527Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2823Spiral18 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).