NGC 2796
NGC 2796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2796 as it looked roughly 324 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 2783BBarred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2783Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2783Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2834Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2827Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2829 NED02Elliptical18 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).