NGC 214
NGC 214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 214 as it looked roughly 213 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 169Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 108Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 169ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 108Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular21 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).