NGC 2488
NGC 2488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
401 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 401 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2488 as it looked roughly 401 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 2462Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2468Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2468Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2497Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2463Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 2505Barred spiral58 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).