NGC 4422
NGC 4422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4422 as it looked roughly 354 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 4520Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4285Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 4493Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 4541Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 4726Galaxy63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4285Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 4493Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 4541Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular62 million ly
apartNGC 4726Galaxy63 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).