NGC 2776
NGC 2776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2776 as it looked roughly 122 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 2785Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2782Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2701Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2856Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2782Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2701Spiral23 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).