NGC 2768
NGC 2768
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
9.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2768 as it looked roughly 64 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 2654Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2742Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical8.5 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).