NGC 2528
NGC 2528
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2528 as it looked roughly 182 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 2524Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2493Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2638Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2493Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2638Lenticular23 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).