NGC 2769
NGC 2769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2769 as it looked roughly 224 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 2767Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2762Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical16 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).