NGC 4392
NGC 4392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4392 as it looked roughly 339 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 4226Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4231Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4655Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4232Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4231Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4655Elliptical35 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).