NGC 2759
NGC 2759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2759 as it looked roughly 323 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 527Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 2434Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2434Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2704Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2456Elliptical20 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).