NGC 2450
NGC 2450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2450 as it looked roughly 225 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 476Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2449Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2449Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral14 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).