IC 522
IC 522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 522 as it looked roughly 236 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 2694Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2693Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2521Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2693Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2521Elliptical31 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).