NGC 2790
NGC 2790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2790 as it looked roughly 365 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 2801Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2797Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2804Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2797Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2804Lenticular22 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).