NGC 3222
NGC 3222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3222 as it looked roughly 260 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
IC 607Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 616Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 3131Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3323Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 616Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 3131Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3323Barred spiral34 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).