NGC 2943
NGC 2943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
246k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2943 as it looked roughly 392 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 2928Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2923Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2934Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2923Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2934Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral25 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).