IC 2943
IC 2943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2943 as it looked roughly 271 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 3737Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3977Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3977Spiral13 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).