NGC 5222 NED02
NGC 5222 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5222 NED02 as it looked roughly 317 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 5230Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical16 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).