NGC 2764
NGC 2764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2764 as it looked roughly 127 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 2753Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2750Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2735AIrregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2750Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2735AIrregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral16 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).