NGC 7442
NGC 7442
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7442 as it looked roughly 343 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 7432Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1472Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1472Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7386Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7505Lenticular32 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).