NGC 4822
NGC 4822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4822 as it looked roughly 184 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 4766Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4757Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4782Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4757Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular8.5 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).