NGC 4543
NGC 4543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4543 as it looked roughly 111 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 4577Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4480Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4470Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4480Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular7.1 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).