NGC 1593
NGC 1593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1593 as it looked roughly 177 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 1589Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1587Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1587Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1586Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 366Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1550Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1620Spiral13 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).