NGC 3543
NGC 3543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3543 as it looked roughly 78 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 3642Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3619Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3610Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3619Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral7.7 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).