NGC 2575
NGC 2575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2575 as it looked roughly 180 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 2269Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2554Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral14 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).