NGC 622
NGC 622
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 622 as it looked roughly 240 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 521Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 585Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 585Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular17 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).