NGC 2227
NGC 2227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2227 as it looked roughly 107 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 2196Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2292Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2212Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2292Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular16 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).