NGC 2517
NGC 2517
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2517 as it looked roughly 69 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 2525Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2612Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2566Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2559Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral20 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).