NGC 2709
NGC 2709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2709 as it looked roughly 89 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 2698Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2697Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2697Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral13 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).