NGC 2564
NGC 2564
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2564 as it looked roughly 238 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 2578Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 524Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2403Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 524Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular54 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).