NGC 2722
NGC 2722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2722 as it looked roughly 130 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 2574Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2327Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2731Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2979Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2327Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2731Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2979Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral33 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).