NGC 2235
NGC 2235
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2235 as it looked roughly 386 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 2229Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2230Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical49 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).