NGC 3492 NED02
NGC 3492 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
530 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 530 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3492 NED02 as it looked roughly 530 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 3492 NED01Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2633Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2645Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 663Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2633Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2645Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral35 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).