NGC 2772
NGC 2772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2772 as it looked roughly 160 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 2920Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2921Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2482Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2889Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2921Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2482Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2889Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical38 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).