NGC 2563
NGC 2563
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2563 as it looked roughly 210 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 2556Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2582Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2582Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral11 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).