NGC 2778
NGC 2778
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2778 as it looked roughly 95 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 2780Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2770Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral11 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).