NGC 2763
NGC 2763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2763 as it looked roughly 88 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 2758Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2863Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2781Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2863Spiral11 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).