NGC 822
NGC 822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 822 as it looked roughly 249 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 862Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 889Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 889Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral21 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).