NGC 2710
NGC 2710
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2710 as it looked roughly 120 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 2701Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3043Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3043Barred 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).