NGC 1393
NGC 1393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1393 as it looked roughly 102 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 1416Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1421Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1309Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1421Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1359Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1383Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 346Lenticular11 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).