NGC 2475
NGC 2475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2475 as it looked roughly 260 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 2431Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2446Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical18 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).