NGC 2106
NGC 2106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2106 as it looked roughly 89 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 2152Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2139Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular12 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).