IC 992
IC 992
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 992 as it looked roughly 362 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 5501Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1010Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 988Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1010Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 988Lenticular20 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).