NGC 2902
NGC 2902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2902 as it looked roughly 93 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 2907Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2848Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2855Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2781Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2763Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral11 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).