NGC 4842A
NGC 4842A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4842A as it looked roughly 341 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 4839Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4012Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4842BElliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4012Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral6.8 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).