NGC 4343
NGC 4343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4343 as it looked roughly 47 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 3218Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3576Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4580Spiral3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3576Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4580Spiral3.6 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).