NGC 5492
NGC 5492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5492 as it looked roughly 106 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 5600Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5587Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5375Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5666Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5117Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5587Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5375Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5666Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5117Spiral27 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).