NGC 2785
NGC 2785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2785 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 2782Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2776Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2776Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2461Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2854Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2779Lenticular23 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).