NGC 2505
NGC 2505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2505 as it looked roughly 454 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 2468Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 2462Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2462Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical73 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).