NGC 243
NGC 243
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 243 as it looked roughly 225 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 43Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1584Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular12 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).