NGC 1642
NGC 1642
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1642 as it looked roughly 217 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 1654Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1670Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1691Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1709Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular17 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).