NGC 2526
NGC 2526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2526 as it looked roughly 208 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 2508Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2485Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2511Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2513Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2510Lenticular22 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).