NGC 2771
NGC 2771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2771 as it looked roughly 238 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 2767Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2694Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2694Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular19 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).