NGC 2201
NGC 2201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2201 as it looked roughly 217 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 2200Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1998Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2191Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical46 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).