NGC 2507
NGC 2507
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2507 as it looked roughly 213 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 2522Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2514Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical24 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).