NGC 2696
NGC 2696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
609 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 609 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2696 as it looked roughly 609 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 516Lenticular98 million ly
apartIC 514Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 510 NED02Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 519Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 2868Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 517Spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 514Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 510 NED02Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 519Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 2868Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 517Spiral160 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).