NGC 5042
NGC 5042
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5042 as it looked roughly 65 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 4980Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5247Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5247Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical13 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).