NGC 2494
NGC 2494
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2494 as it looked roughly 167 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 2538Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2470Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular36 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).