IC 1942 NED02
IC 1942 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
886 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
229k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 886 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1942 NED02 as it looked roughly 886 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 1951Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1945Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral68 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).