NGC 2755
NGC 2755
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2755 as it looked roughly 351 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 2704Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2434Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2434Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 527Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2405Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2759Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 2668Spiral38 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).