NGC 2573
NGC 2573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing Polarissima Australis as it looked roughly 115 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 2573BIrregular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular12 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6438Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular12 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral22 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).