NGC 2741
NGC 2741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2741 as it looked roughly 161 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 2744 NED02Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2745Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2745Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2730Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral21 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).