NGC 4622
NGC 4622
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4622 as it looked roughly 192 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 4603BBarred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4706Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral25 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).