NGC 2753
NGC 2753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2753 as it looked roughly 129 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 2750Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2824Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2764Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2743Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2430Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral13 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).