NGC 7322
NGC 7322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7322 as it looked roughly 541 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 7382Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7355Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7355Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5174Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5175Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular80 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).