NGC 1302
NGC 1302
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1302 as it looked roughly 80 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 1255Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1201Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1412Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1201Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1412Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 1315Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1395Elliptical7.3 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).