NGC 2842
NGC 2842
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2842 as it looked roughly 133 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 2887Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 2714Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2601Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2714Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2601Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral34 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).