NGC 2779
NGC 2779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2779 as it looked roughly 102 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 2461Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2778Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2778Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral13 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).