NGC 722
NGC 722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 722 as it looked roughly 229 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
IC 180Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 711Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 190Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1736Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 776Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 711Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 190Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1736Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral17 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).