NGC 4942
NGC 4942
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4942 as it looked roughly 82 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 4928Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4981Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4995Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4981Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical12 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).