NGC 4302
NGC 4302
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4302 as it looked roughly 52 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 4298Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 3081Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3081Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular3.5 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).