NGC 2481
NGC 2481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2481 as it looked roughly 102 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 2480Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2256Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical11 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).