NGC 2369
NGC 2369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2369 as it looked roughly 151 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 2369ASpiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2305Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2200Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2305Elliptical12 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).