NGC 4602
NGC 4602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4602 as it looked roughly 119 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 4593Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4642Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4653Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4663Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4604Irregular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4642Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4653Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4663Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 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).