NGC 2758
NGC 2758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2758 as it looked roughly 91 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 2763Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2907Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2848Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2907Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular12 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).