NGC 1343
NGC 1343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1343 as it looked roughly 103 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 1530Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1184Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1530ASpiral17 million ly
apartIC 334Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1184Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1530ASpiral17 million ly
apartIC 334Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2336Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral26 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).