NGC 2591
NGC 2591
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2591 as it looked roughly 62 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 2715Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2748Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2655Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2748Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2985Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical11 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).