NGC 2458
NGC 2458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
660 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 660 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2458 as it looked roughly 660 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 2600Barred spiral84 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular86 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical93 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2602Lenticular86 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical93 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral160 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).