NGC 2469
NGC 2469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2469 as it looked roughly 159 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 2534Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2639Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2692Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2253Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2639Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2692Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2253Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2684Spiral38 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).