NGC 2562
NGC 2562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2562 as it looked roughly 236 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 2569Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2341Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral15 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).