NGC 2131
NGC 2131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2131 as it looked roughly 78 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 2158Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2217Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2217Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral10 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).