NGC 522
NGC 522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 522 as it looked roughly 129 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 518Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 658Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 489Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 658Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular16 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).