NGC 742
NGC 742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 742 as it looked roughly 275 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 1750Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 741Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 631Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy27 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).