NGC 2150
NGC 2150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2150 as it looked roughly 210 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 2187BElliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2199Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral31 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).