NGC 2273
NGC 2273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2273 as it looked roughly 86 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 2273BSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2273ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2460Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2209Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2805Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2273ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2460Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2209Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2805Spiral26 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).