NGC 2216
NGC 2216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2216 as it looked roughly 128 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 2223Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2271Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2163Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2271Elliptical13 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).