NGC 2490
NGC 2490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2490 as it looked roughly 316 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
IC 2213Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2492Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2492Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular41 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).