NGC 2521
NGC 2521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2521 as it looked roughly 252 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 2472Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2446Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2446Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral29 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).