NGC 92
NGC 92
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 92 as it looked roughly 158 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 88Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 87Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 87Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical28 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).