NGC 7742
NGC 7742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7742 as it looked roughly 77 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 7743Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7800Irregular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7800Irregular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical24 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).