NGC 2621
NGC 2621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2621 as it looked roughly 404 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 2622Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2576Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral51 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).