IC 742
IC 742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 742 as it looked roughly 299 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 3940Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3943Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular10 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).