NGC 2655
NGC 2655
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2655 as it looked roughly 66 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 2748Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3057Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2591Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3057Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral9.4 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).