NGC 2267
NGC 2267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2267 as it looked roughly 72 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 2295Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2217Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2158Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2217Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2158Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2380Lenticular18 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).