IC 322
IC 322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 322 as it looked roughly 429 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 1918Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1930Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 315Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 330Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1930Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 315Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 330Barred spiral28 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).