NGC 2206
NGC 2206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
209k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2206 as it looked roughly 294 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 2255Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 437Spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 437Spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 1687Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 1781Lenticular100 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).