NGC 7402
NGC 7402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7402 as it looked roughly 216 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 7398Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7397Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7373Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7364Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7397Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7373Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7364Lenticular14 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).