NGC 5943
NGC 5943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5943 as it looked roughly 269 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 4565Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4567Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral11 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).