NGC 7542
NGC 7542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
563 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 563 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7542 as it looked roughly 563 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 5291Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7508Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7508Spiral29 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).