NGC 6722
NGC 6722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6722 as it looked roughly 217 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 4800Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4811Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4758Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4799Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4811Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4758Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular9.5 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).