NGC 2212
NGC 2212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2212 as it looked roughly 98 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 2211Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2227Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2196Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 441Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2227Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2196Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 441Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular15 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).