NGC 2643
NGC 2643
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2643 as it looked roughly 213 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 2625Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 2406Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2406Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical12 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).