NGC 7722
NGC 7722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7722 as it looked roughly 186 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 7703Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7671Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7711Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7671Lenticular15 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).