NGC 2749
NGC 2749
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2749 as it looked roughly 196 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 2747Lenticular750,000 ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2751Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral16 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).