NGC 2485
NGC 2485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2485 as it looked roughly 215 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 2511Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 494Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2513Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2526Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2508Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 494Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2470Spiral26 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).