NGC 2783B
NGC 2783B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2783B as it looked roughly 318 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 2783Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2796Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2796Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2444Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2789Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical23 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).