NGC 2742
NGC 2742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2742 as it looked roughly 60 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 2654Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2768Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3073Elliptical9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2768Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3073Elliptical9.7 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).