NGC 4622A
NGC 4622A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4622A as it looked roughly 222 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 4679Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4709Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral30 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).