NGC 2735A
NGC 2735A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
10k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2735A as it looked roughly 116 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 2735Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2750Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular17 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).