NGC 2554
NGC 2554
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2554 as it looked roughly 192 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
IC 2248Spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2269Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral8.1 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).