NGC 2256
NGC 2256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2256 as it looked roughly 244 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
IC 451Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 450Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 445Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 450Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 445Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 440Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 2179Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 442Lenticular57 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).