NGC 2559
NGC 2559
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2559 as it looked roughly 72 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 2566Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2517Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2613Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2517Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular19 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).