IC 4943
IC 4943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4943 as it looked roughly 128 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 6870Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 6861Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6861BLenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6861BLenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical8.7 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).