NGC 2501
NGC 2501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2501 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
IC 2367Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2377Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2525Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2377Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2525Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical29 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).