NGC 2782
NGC 2782
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2782 as it looked roughly 119 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 spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2776Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral22 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).