IC 402
IC 402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 402 as it looked roughly 157 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 401Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 1779Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1779Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1752Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1723Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 400Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 2102Barred spiral20 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).