NGC 1402
NGC 1402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1402 as it looked roughly 196 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 1394Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1391Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1388Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1329Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical14 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).