NGC 2743
NGC 2743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2743 as it looked roughly 141 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 2430Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2738Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2738Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2737Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2429Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2753Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2824Lenticular15 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).