NGC 2581
NGC 2581
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2581 as it looked roughly 277 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 2596Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2348Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2290Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2593Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral28 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).