NGC 2179
NGC 2179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2179 as it looked roughly 130 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 2207Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2163Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical15 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).