NGC 2622
NGC 2622
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
400 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 400 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2622 as it looked roughly 400 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 2621Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2576Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2576Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2249Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2404Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2423Barred spiral51 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).