NGC 42
NGC 42
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 42 as it looked roughly 278 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 41Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1541Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral13 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).