NGC 2397A
NGC 2397A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2397A as it looked roughly 207 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 2307Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2187BElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2150Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2788ABarred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2187BElliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2150Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2187ALenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2788ABarred spiral38 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).