IC 1392
IC 1392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1392 as it looked roughly 203 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 7197Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7248Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7264Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7248Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 7223Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical40 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).