NGC 2510
NGC 2510
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2510 as it looked roughly 186 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 2508Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 502Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral22 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).