NGC 2802
NGC 2802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2802 as it looked roughly 407 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 2813Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2457Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2454Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2795Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2803Elliptical14 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).