NGC 1792
NGC 1792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1792 as it looked roughly 57 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 1879Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 2135Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1808Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2135Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1827Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1808Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral12 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).