NGC 1493
NGC 1493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1493 as it looked roughly 49 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 1433Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1494Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical4.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1527Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1494Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1411Elliptical4.3 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).