NGC 2761
NGC 2761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2761 as it looked roughly 406 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 2752Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2774Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2774Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical17 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).