NGC 2742A
NGC 2742A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2742A as it looked roughly 367 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 2895Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2892Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2892Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 2800Elliptical63 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral64 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).