NGC 1322
NGC 1322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1322 as it looked roughly 289 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 1305Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1328Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral28 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).