NGC 3022
NGC 3022
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3022 as it looked roughly 291 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 3014Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 553Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 574Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 553Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical19 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).