IC 1042
IC 1042
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1042 as it looked roughly 372 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 1041Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5619BBarred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5718Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5619BBarred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral24 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).