NGC 4943
NGC 4943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4943 as it looked roughly 262 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 3947Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 4021Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4921Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4923Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4021Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4921Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4923Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral8.9 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).