NGC 7602
NGC 7602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
550 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 550 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7602 as it looked roughly 550 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 7578ALenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7578BElliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7598Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7578BElliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy26 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).