NGC 2585
NGC 2585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2585 as it looked roughly 324 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 2584Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 2583Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 513Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 2377Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 525Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2583Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 513Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 2377Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 525Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical82 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).