NGC 2191
NGC 2191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2191 as it looked roughly 215 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 2087Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2201Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2200Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2007Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2201Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2200Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical36 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).