IC 692
IC 692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 692 as it looked roughly 54 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 2934Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2767Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral6.7 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).