NGC 2491
NGC 2491
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
889 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
178k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 889 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2491 as it looked roughly 889 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
IC 495Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 519Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular260 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral270 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular290 million ly
apartBrowningIrregular310 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 519Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular260 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral270 million ly
apartNGC 2734Lenticular290 million ly
apartBrowningIrregular310 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).