NGC 2230
NGC 2230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2230 as it looked roughly 375 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 2235Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2229Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2228Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2233Elliptical38 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).