NGC 1542
NGC 1542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1542 as it looked roughly 173 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 1550Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 366Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 364Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 363Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1590Spiral16 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).