IC 942
IC 942
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 942 as it looked roughly 483 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 919Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5540Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5413Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical78 million ly
apartNGC 5009Barred spiral79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5540Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5413Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical78 million ly
apartNGC 5009Barred spiral79 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).