NGC 2454
NGC 2454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2454 as it looked roughly 226 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 2514Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2507Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2522Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2507Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2522Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular20 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).