NGC 2187B
NGC 2187B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2187B as it looked roughly 212 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 2150Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2199Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2307Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2397ABarred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral30 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).