NGC 2620
NGC 2620
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
212k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2620 as it looked roughly 364 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 501Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2622Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2254Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2622Barred spiral36 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).