NGC 2706
NGC 2706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2706 as it looked roughly 77 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 2690Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2699Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2698Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular13 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).