NGC 2592
NGC 2592
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2592 as it looked roughly 93 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 2268Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2604Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2604BSpiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2267Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2604Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2604BSpiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical8.4 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).