NGC 192
NGC 192
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 192 as it looked roughly 202 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 201Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 197Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 197Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral7.8 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).