NGC 5742
NGC 5742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5742 as it looked roughly 188 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 5716Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5664Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral32 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).