NGC 2762
NGC 2762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2762 as it looked roughly 218 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 2769Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2767Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical21 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).