NGC 3193
NGC 3193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3193 as it looked roughly 64 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 3213Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3248Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3189Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3248Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular5.2 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).