NGC 2297
NGC 2297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2297 as it looked roughly 152 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 2305Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral11 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2369Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral11 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral15 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).