NGC 2530
NGC 2530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2530 as it looked roughly 234 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 2514Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2522Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2522Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical19 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).