NGC 2296
NGC 2296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2296 as it looked roughly 129 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 2271Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2223Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral20 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).