NGC 6902B
NGC 6902B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6902B as it looked roughly 139 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 4946Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6902Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6875Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6875ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6902Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6875Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6875ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical14 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).