NGC 3243
NGC 3243
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3243 as it looked roughly 261 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 609Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 603Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 633Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 603Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 633Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral27 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).