NGC 2602
NGC 2602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2602 as it looked roughly 622 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 2606Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2600Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical86 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical88 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2600Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical86 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical88 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 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).