NGC 2739
NGC 2739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2739 as it looked roughly 412 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 2740Barred spiral430,000 ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2676Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2675Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2676Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical75 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).