IC 492
IC 492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 492 as it looked roughly 238 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 2219Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2449Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2217Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2498Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2449Barred spiral19 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).