NGC 2223
NGC 2223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2223 as it looked roughly 127 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 2216Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2163Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2271Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2163Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2207Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2271Elliptical11 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).