NGC 2146A
NGC 2146A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2146A as it looked roughly 70 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 391Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2748Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2655Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2748Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical12 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).