NGC 2558
NGC 2558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2558 as it looked roughly 232 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 2562Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2560Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular12 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).