NGC 2508
NGC 2508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2508 as it looked roughly 201 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 2526Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2485Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral19 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).