NGC 2583
NGC 2583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2583 as it looked roughly 275 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 513Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 2377Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2590Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 2584Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 525Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 2585Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2377Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2590Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 2584Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 525Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 2585Barred spiral49 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).