NGC 2148
NGC 2148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2148 as it looked roughly 481 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 2008Spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral93 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical95 million ly
apartNGC 1765Elliptical96 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1796ASpiral93 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical95 million ly
apartNGC 1765Elliptical96 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular100 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical100 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).