NGC 2557
NGC 2557
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2557 as it looked roughly 225 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 2560Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2253Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical11 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).