NGC 2754
NGC 2754
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2754 as it looked roughly 261 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 2437Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2403Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2890Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular43 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).