NGC 2493
NGC 2493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2493 as it looked roughly 183 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 2528Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2524Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2524Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2445Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2444Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2476Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2415Spiral21 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).