NGC 2550
NGC 2550
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2550 as it looked roughly 105 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 2551Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2634Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral8.8 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).