NGC 2662
NGC 2662
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2662 as it looked roughly 186 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
IC 524Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 537Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2578Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2721Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2482Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2772Barred spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 537Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2578Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2721Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2482Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2772Barred spiral40 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).