NGC 5942
NGC 5942
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
506 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 506 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5942 as it looked roughly 506 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 5944Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5941Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5940Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5911Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5941Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5940Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5911Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical45 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).