NGC 3393
NGC 3393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3393 as it looked roughly 176 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 3369Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3463Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3335Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3463Barred spiral9.6 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).