NGC 2537A
NGC 2537A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
559 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 559 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2537A as it looked roughly 559 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 2484Lenticular86 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 2401Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2600Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2606Barred spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 2602Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 2401Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2600Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular110 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).