NGC 7342
NGC 7342
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7342 as it looked roughly 376 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 7345Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7343Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7343Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7336Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7356Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 7357Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7319Barred spiral58 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).