NGC 2599
NGC 2599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2599 as it looked roughly 225 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 2598Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2557Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2558Spiral16 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).