NGC 2549
NGC 2549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2549 as it looked roughly 50 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 2742Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3079Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3073Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3079Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3073Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral15 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).