NGC 322
NGC 322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 322 as it looked roughly 330 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 319Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1595Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical25 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).