NGC 2770
NGC 2770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2770 as it looked roughly 90 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 2445Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2778Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2780Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2778Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular13 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).