NGC 2393
NGC 2393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2393 as it looked roughly 228 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 2201Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2193Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2193Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral14 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).