NGC 213
NGC 213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 213 as it looked roughly 255 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 99Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1552Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 105Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 57Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 52Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1552Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 105Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 57Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 52Barred spiral30 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).