NGC 2560
NGC 2560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2560 as it looked roughly 228 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 2557Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2558Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2562Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2569Elliptical11 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).