IC 1902
IC 1902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1902 as it looked roughly 333 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 320Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1279Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1279Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1283Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1265Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 1274Elliptical42 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).