NGC 215
NGC 215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 215 as it looked roughly 387 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 212Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 159Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular43 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).