NGC 7622
NGC 7622
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7622 as it looked roughly 369 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 5280Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5238Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5197Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5190Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5288Lenticular56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5238Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5197Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5190Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5288Lenticular56 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).