NGC 4992
NGC 4992
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4992 as it looked roughly 351 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 5115Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5137Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical32 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).