NGC 1143
NGC 1143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1143 as it looked roughly 393 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 1144Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 263Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1149Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 283Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1239Lenticular33 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).