NGC 2272
NGC 2272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2272 as it looked roughly 99 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 2292Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 2293Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2293Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2280Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular18 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).