NGC 2502
NGC 2502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2502 as it looked roughly 49 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 2640Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2310Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2328Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular19 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2310Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2328Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular19 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral20 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).