NGC 2615
NGC 2615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2615 as it looked roughly 195 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 2617Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2642Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2642Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular25 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).