NGC 2101
NGC 2101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2101 as it looked roughly 55 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 2104Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1617Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1824Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1947Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1617Barred spiral12 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).