NGC 7022
NGC 7022
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7022 as it looked roughly 108 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 7049Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7107Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7107Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7070Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6990Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7097Elliptical19 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).