NGC 2788A
NGC 2788A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2788A as it looked roughly 185 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 2601Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2596Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2202Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2596Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral49 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).