NGC 4142
NGC 4142
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4142 as it looked roughly 54 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 3982Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3998Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral5.1 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).