NGC 3042
NGC 3042
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3042 as it looked roughly 175 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 2987Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2917Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2858Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 602Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 601Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2917Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2858Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 602Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 601Spiral27 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).