NGC 2497
NGC 2497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2497 as it looked roughly 386 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 2463Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2488Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2462Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2468Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2457Galaxy45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2488Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2462Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 2468Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2456Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 2457Galaxy45 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).