NGC 2073
NGC 2073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2073 as it looked roughly 141 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
IC 2143Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2151Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1993Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2124Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2151Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1993Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical14 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).