NGC 2205
NGC 2205
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2205 as it looked roughly 391 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 2178Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2235Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2229Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2235Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2230Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral56 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).