NGC 492
NGC 492
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
663 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 663 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 492 as it looked roughly 663 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 486Galaxy3.7 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy5.1 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1678Galaxy5.1 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy67 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).