NGC 4843
NGC 4843
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4843 as it looked roughly 239 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 4975Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4718Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4786Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4996Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 849Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4718Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4786Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4996Lenticular27 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).