NGC 2307
NGC 2307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2307 as it looked roughly 212 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 2397ABarred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2187BElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2150Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2087Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2187BElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2150Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 2087Barred spiral44 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).