IC 943
IC 943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 943 as it looked roughly 453 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 5331 NED02Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED01Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 977Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 5100 NED01Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5331 NED01Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 977Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 5100 NED01Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral74 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).