NGC 4502
NGC 4502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4502 as it looked roughly 75 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
IC 3462Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 796Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 796Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.8 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).