NGC 2646
NGC 2646
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2646 as it looked roughly 171 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 2629Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2550ASpiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 520Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral10 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).