NGC 2187A
NGC 2187A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
189k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2187A 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 2150Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2187BElliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2305Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2187BElliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2305Elliptical33 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).