NGC 4802
NGC 4802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4802 as it looked roughly 47 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 4504Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4487Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4597Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4948Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4941Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4487Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4597Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4948Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4941Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical8.2 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).