NGC 2196
NGC 2196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2196 as it looked roughly 108 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 2227Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2212Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 441Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2212Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2211Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 441Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical19 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).