NGC 217
NGC 217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 217 as it looked roughly 185 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 151Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 270Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 270Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical19 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).