NGC 2271
NGC 2271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2271 as it looked roughly 121 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 2263Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2296Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2223Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2296Elliptical17 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).