NGC 3422
NGC 3422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3422 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 3421Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3456Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 647Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3456Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral14 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).