IC 722
IC 722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 722 as it looked roughly 305 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 720 NED01Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 720 NED02Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 720 NED02Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3825Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral19 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).