NGC 2797
NGC 2797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2797 as it looked roughly 363 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 2790Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2801Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2804Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2801Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2807BLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2807ABarred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2472Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2804Lenticular29 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).