IC 43
IC 43
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 43 as it looked roughly 226 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 243Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 149Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral14 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).