NGC 2556
NGC 2556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2556 as it looked roughly 214 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 2563Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2582Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2553Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2582Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral11 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).