NGC 2487
NGC 2487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2487 as it looked roughly 225 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 2498Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2450Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 481Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2450Barred spiral12 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).