NGC 5642
NGC 5642
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5642 as it looked roughly 202 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 4447Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5641Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral10 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).