IC 102
IC 102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
672 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 672 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 102 as it looked roughly 672 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
IC 1695Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy53 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy55 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy71 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1678Galaxy53 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy55 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy71 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical100 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).