NGC 7642
NGC 7642
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7642 as it looked roughly 417 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 1482Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7629Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7629Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral44 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).