NGC 2569
NGC 2569
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2569 as it looked roughly 238 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 2562Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 2341Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2341Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular13 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).