NGC 2402 NED01
NGC 2402 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2402 NED01 as it looked roughly 247 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 2402 NED02Galaxy3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2416Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral42 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).