NGC 1602
NGC 1602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1602 as it looked roughly 73 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 1581Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1566Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral8.8 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).