NGC 2794
NGC 2794
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2794 as it looked roughly 411 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 2454Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2819Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2802Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2819Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral16 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).