NGC 3542
NGC 3542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3542 as it looked roughly 422 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 3545AElliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2619Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2615Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2617Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2619Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2615Lenticular27 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).