NGC 2492
NGC 2492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2492 as it looked roughly 310 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 2213Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2490Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2490Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular36 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).