NGC 943
NGC 943
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 943 as it looked roughly 204 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 942Lenticular30,000 ly
apartNGC 945Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 948Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 945Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 948Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 981Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral9.3 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).