NGC 142
NGC 142
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 142 as it looked roughly 374 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 143Barred spiral560,000 ly
apartNGC 144Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 66Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 65Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 144Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 66Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 65Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral55 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).