NGC 2641
NGC 2641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2641 as it looked roughly 146 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 2544Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2523Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2614Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2523Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral19 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).