NGC 2457
NGC 2457
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2457 as it looked roughly 342 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 2456Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 2462Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2463Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 2462Lenticular66 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).