NGC 2637
NGC 2637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2637 as it looked roughly 452 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 2388Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2422Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2621Spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2422Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2398Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2752Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 2621Spiral63 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).