NGC 1043
NGC 1043
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1043 as it looked roughly 322 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 241Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 993Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 993Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 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).