NGC 6392
NGC 6392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6392 as it looked roughly 173 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
IC 4682Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4705Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4704Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4705Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral22 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).