NGC 2922
NGC 2922
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2922 as it looked roughly 203 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 2942Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2860Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2926Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3010ALenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2860Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2926Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3010ALenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral27 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).