NGC 1202
NGC 1202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1202 as it looked roughly 426 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 1225Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1223Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1886Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1108Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1284Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1223Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1886Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1221Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1108Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 1284Lenticular37 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).