IC 1792
IC 1792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1792 as it looked roughly 489 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 970 NED02Galaxy44 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy57 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1733Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy57 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral63 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).