NGC 2687B
NGC 2687B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
690 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 690 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2687B as it looked roughly 690 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 2688Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2686AElliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 2600Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular88 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2686AElliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical80 million ly
apartNGC 2600Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular88 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral89 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).