NGC 2263
NGC 2263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2263 as it looked roughly 129 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 2223Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2271Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2271Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular17 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).