NGC 2460
NGC 2460
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2460 as it looked roughly 68 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 2209Barred spiral670,000 ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2654Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral12 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).