NGC 2775
NGC 2775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2775 as it looked roughly 63 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 2777Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3024Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 549Irregular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3024Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral16 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).