NGC 7392
NGC 7392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7392 as it looked roughly 148 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
IC 5261Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7359Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7365Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7359Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7444Lenticular21 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).