NGC 4642
NGC 4642
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4642 as it looked roughly 123 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 4653Spiral350,000 ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4690Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular14 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).