NGC 2748
NGC 2748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2748 as it looked roughly 69 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 2760Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3057Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2655Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3057Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral10 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).