NGC 442
NGC 442
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 442 as it looked roughly 260 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
IC 1640Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 429Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 429Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical13 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).