NGC 2229
NGC 2229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2229 as it looked roughly 392 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 2235Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2230Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical55 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).