NGC 2576
NGC 2576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
183k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2576 as it looked roughly 390 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 2622Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2621Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2621Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral37 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).