NGC 2499
NGC 2499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2499 as it looked roughly 456 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 2496Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2231Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2226Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 498Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2231Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 2226Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical88 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).