NGC 1042
NGC 1042
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1042 as it looked roughly 64 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 1047Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1084Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 961Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.9 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).