NGC 2704
NGC 2704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2704 as it looked roughly 332 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 2434Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2759Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2746Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2755Barred spiral27 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).