NGC 2449
NGC 2449
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2449 as it looked roughly 229 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 2450Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 476Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 476Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2205Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral15 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).