NGC 2211
NGC 2211
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2211 as it looked roughly 94 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 2212Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 2152Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2152Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral15 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).