NGC 2480
NGC 2480
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2480 as it looked roughly 109 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 2481Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2271Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical15 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).