NGC 2273A
NGC 2273A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2273A as it looked roughly 98 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 2273BSpiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 2273Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2166Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2273Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2166Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral31 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).