NGC 2402 NED02
NGC 2402 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2402 NED02 as it looked roughly 244 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 2402 NED01Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2416Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2416Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 2454Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 2485Spiral39 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).