NGC 2596
NGC 2596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2596 as it looked roughly 277 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 2581Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2348Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral25 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).