NGC 2639
NGC 2639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2639 as it looked roughly 150 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 2684Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2534Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2469Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2692Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2534Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2469Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2692Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral27 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).