NGC 2424
NGC 2424
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2424 as it looked roughly 156 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 2476Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2415Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 2528Spiral31 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).