NGC 2472
NGC 2472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2472 as it looked roughly 269 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 2446Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2521Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2521Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical26 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).