NGC 4043
NGC 4043
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4043 as it looked roughly 299 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 756Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3914Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4029Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4075Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3914Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4029Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical27 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).