NGC 2115B
NGC 2115B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2115B as it looked roughly 326 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 2115AElliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 2152Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 2070Spiral83 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2152Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 2070Spiral83 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral85 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).