IC 392
IC 392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 392 as it looked roughly 193 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 1719Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1717Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1634Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1717Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1634Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1657Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 1653Elliptical22 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).