NGC 2593
NGC 2593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2593 as it looked roughly 296 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 2596Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2581Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2570Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2581Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2570Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2392Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular27 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).