NGC 2799
NGC 2799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2799 as it looked roughly 87 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 2852Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2798Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2853Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2798Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2853Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2712Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2859Lenticular14 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).