NGC 2657
NGC 2657
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2657 as it looked roughly 193 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 2661Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 502Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2718Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2713Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2426Lenticular27 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).