NGC 543
NGC 543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 543 as it looked roughly 245 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 538Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 519Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 585Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 519Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 585Barred spiral9.4 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).