NGC 2255
NGC 2255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2255 as it looked roughly 320 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 2206Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 2115AElliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 2115BLenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 2200Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 2201Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2115AElliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 2115BLenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 2200Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 2201Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 1701Barred spiral120 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).