IC 993
IC 993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 993 as it looked roughly 352 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 5532Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 994Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 994Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral19 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).