NGC 2551
NGC 2551
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2551 as it looked roughly 108 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 2550Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2634Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral11 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).