NGC 802
NGC 802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 802 as it looked roughly 69 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 406Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1473Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1980Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1473Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1980Barred spiral18 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).