NGC 443
NGC 443
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 443 as it looked roughly 223 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 449Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 1638Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 451Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1638Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 451Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral7.0 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).