NGC 2780
NGC 2780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2780 as it looked roughly 92 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 2778Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2770Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2852Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2770Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 2445Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2852Spiral11 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).