NGC 2573B
NGC 2573B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2573B as it looked roughly 118 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
Polarissima AustralisSpiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6438Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6438AIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7095Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4333Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4545Spiral20 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).