NGC 4902
NGC 4902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4902 as it looked roughly 123 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 4899Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4887Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4887Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular9.6 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).