NGC 2650
NGC 2650
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2650 as it looked roughly 179 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 2629Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral15 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2646Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral15 million ly
apartIC 511Lenticular16 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).