NGC 2512
NGC 2512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2512 as it looked roughly 218 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
IC 481Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2498Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral15 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).