NGC 1192
NGC 1192
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
450 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 450 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1192 as it looked roughly 450 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 1191Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1180Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical13 million ly
apartIC 268Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1180Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical13 million ly
apartIC 268Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular25 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).