NGC 4492
NGC 4492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4492 as it looked roughly 83 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 4570Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 3383Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4623Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3383Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4623Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical5.2 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).