NGC 2731
NGC 2731
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2731 as it looked roughly 119 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 2919Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2906Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2327Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2906Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2327Spiral25 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).