NGC 2110
NGC 2110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2110 as it looked roughly 106 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 441Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1924Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1889Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1784Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1924Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1889Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1784Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular24 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).