NGC 216
NGC 216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 216 as it looked roughly 74 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 1558Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 210Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 178Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 150Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 210Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 178Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular12 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).