NGC 4092
NGC 4092
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4092 as it looked roughly 314 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 4074Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4060Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular17 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).