NGC 4002
NGC 4002
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4002 as it looked roughly 309 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 4003Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3951Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical16 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).