NGC 3943
NGC 3943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3943 as it looked roughly 304 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 2968Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3940Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical11 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).