NGC 2442
NGC 2442
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2442 as it looked roughly 68 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 2434Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2397BIrregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2397BIrregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2822Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2788Spiral14 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).