NGC 2786
NGC 2786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2786 as it looked roughly 228 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 530Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2773Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2406Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2933Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2773Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2406Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2933Barred spiral38 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).