NGC 4792
NGC 4792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4792 as it looked roughly 213 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 4823Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4820Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral12 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).