NGC 2582
NGC 2582
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2582 as it looked roughly 207 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 2563Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2595Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral14 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).