NGC 2595
NGC 2595
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2595 as it looked roughly 201 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 2582Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2563Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2624Elliptical14 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).