NGC 2656
NGC 2656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
633 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
241k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 633 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2656 as it looked roughly 633 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 2600Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical93 million ly
apartNGC 2688Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2602Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical93 million ly
apartNGC 2688Barred spiral110 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).