NGC 2565
NGC 2565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2565 as it looked roughly 162 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 2545Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2628Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2607Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2628Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2607Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2619Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral26 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).