NGC 2275
NGC 2275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2275 as it looked roughly 227 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 2289Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2333Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2290Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2291Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2333Spiral19 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).