NGC 342
NGC 342
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 342 as it looked roughly 271 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 356Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 291Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 350Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 349Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 291Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 350Elliptical15 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).