NGC 902
NGC 902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 902 as it looked roughly 327 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 921Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 965Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 965Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical34 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).