NGC 2572
NGC 2572
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2572 as it looked roughly 371 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
IC 2340Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2363Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2363Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral45 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).