NGC 2774
NGC 2774
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2774 as it looked roughly 396 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 2791Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2761Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2761Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2809Lenticular16 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).