NGC 2144
NGC 2144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2144 as it looked roughly 224 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 2012Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 1956Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1956Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral36 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).