NGC 2273B
NGC 2273B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2273B 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 2273ASpiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 2273Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2166Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2273Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2166Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral30 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).