NGC 2751
NGC 2751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2751 as it looked roughly 202 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 2749Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2747Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral15 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).