NGC 2200
NGC 2200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2200 as it looked roughly 220 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 2201Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1998Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical47 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).