NGC 2578
NGC 2578
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2578 as it looked roughly 212 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 2662Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 2617Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2642Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 524Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 2564Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 2615Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2617Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2642Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 524Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 2564Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 2615Barred spiral44 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).