NGC 4692
NGC 4692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4692 as it looked roughly 371 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 4797Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4721Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3614Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4721Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical17 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).