NGC 4592
NGC 4592
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4592 as it looked roughly 50 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 4629Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4772Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4546Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4772Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral4.8 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).