NGC 2535
NGC 2535
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2535 as it looked roughly 190 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 2536Spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 497Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 497Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral13 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).