NGC 2291
NGC 2291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2291 as it looked roughly 241 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 2294Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2274Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2274Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2288Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral14 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).