NGC 2322
NGC 2322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2322 as it looked roughly 293 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 2321Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy6.0 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 460Galaxy6.0 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2326ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2334Lenticular8.5 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).