NGC 2624
NGC 2624
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2624 as it looked roughly 193 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 2667Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2677Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2677Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2667BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2672Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2414Elliptical15 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).