NGC 2561
NGC 2561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2561 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 504Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 503Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral19 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).