NGC 2217
NGC 2217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2217 as it looked roughly 76 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
IC 2158Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2131Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular13 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).