NGC 2756
NGC 2756
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2756 as it looked roughly 186 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 2692Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2534Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2534Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral41 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).