NGC 5442
NGC 5442
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5442 as it looked roughly 402 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
IC 924Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 927Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 920Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 977Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 927Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 920Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 977Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral49 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).