NGC 2466
NGC 2466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2466 as it looked roughly 250 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 2397ABarred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2187BElliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1956Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2160Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2187BElliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1956Spiral53 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).