NGC 2788
NGC 2788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2788 as it looked roughly 76 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 2822Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 2836Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3136BElliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2836Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3136BElliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2554Barred spiral13 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).