NGC 3402
NGC 3402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3402 as it looked roughly 230 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 3404Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3469Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral22 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).