NGC 1543
NGC 1543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1543 as it looked roughly 55 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 1553Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2056Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.4 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).