NGC 922
NGC 922
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 922 as it looked roughly 143 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 857Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1783Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1892Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1788Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1783Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1892Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1788Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1125Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 276Lenticular30 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).