NGC 1622
NGC 1622
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1622 as it looked roughly 227 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 1625Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1618Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1600Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral11 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).