NGC 2642
NGC 2642
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2642 as it looked roughly 204 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 2617Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2615Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2615Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 503Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 504Lenticular35 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).