NGC 5222 NED01
NGC 5222 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5222 NED01 as it looked roughly 323 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 5221Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5230Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical15 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).