NGC 2222
NGC 2222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2222 as it looked roughly 122 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 2221Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral36 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).