NGC 2470
NGC 2470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2470 as it looked roughly 191 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 2538Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2510Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral24 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).