NGC 2765
NGC 2765
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2765 as it looked roughly 176 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 2729Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2723Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral12 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).