NGC 1892
NGC 1892
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1892 as it looked roughly 63 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 1809Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1824Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral8.9 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).