NGC 2566
NGC 2566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2566 as it looked roughly 76 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 2559Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2613Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2613Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2311Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2665Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2612Elliptical17 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).