NGC 3902
NGC 3902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3902 as it looked roughly 167 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 3944Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3920Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular7.4 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).