NGC 2522
NGC 2522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2522 as it looked roughly 219 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 2507Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2514Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2514Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2530Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular17 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).