NGC 2228
NGC 2228
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2228 as it looked roughly 342 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 2233Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 2235Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2230Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 2235Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical50 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).