NGC 2788B
NGC 2788B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2788B as it looked roughly 69 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 2822Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2788Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical10 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).