NGC 392
NGC 392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 392 as it looked roughly 219 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 1619Lenticular890,000 ly
apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 1638Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 443Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 1618Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 1638Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 443Lenticular6.5 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).