NGC 43
NGC 43
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 43 as it looked roughly 223 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 39Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 21Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 19Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 21Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular10 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).