NGC 2594
NGC 2594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2594 as it looked roughly 110 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
IC 508Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2271Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral13 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).