IC 193
IC 193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 193 as it looked roughly 217 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 1770Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 820Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1771Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 820Barred spiral17 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).