NGC 2767
NGC 2767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2767 as it looked roughly 230 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 2769Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2771Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical12 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).