IC 93
IC 93
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 93 as it looked roughly 280 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 1670ABarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 487Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1670BLenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 487Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1670BLenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 369Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral24 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).