IC 822
IC 822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
865 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 865 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 822 as it looked roughly 865 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 3451Lenticular57 million ly
apartIC 3458Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3458Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical84 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).