NGC 2975
NGC 2975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
755 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 755 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2975 as it looked roughly 755 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
IC 2593Lenticular180 million ly
apartIC 535Elliptical220 million ly
apartNGC 2868Elliptical240 million ly
apartNGC 2696Elliptical250 million ly
apartIC 2575Barred spiral260 million ly
apartIC 2570Barred spiral260 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 535Elliptical220 million ly
apartNGC 2868Elliptical240 million ly
apartNGC 2696Elliptical250 million ly
apartIC 2575Barred spiral260 million ly
apartIC 2570Barred spiral260 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).