NGC 2258
NGC 2258
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2258 as it looked roughly 186 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 2314Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1961Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2174Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1961Spiral23 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).