NGC 2514
NGC 2514
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2514 as it looked roughly 226 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 2522Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2507Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2454Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2507Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral25 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).