NGC 4693
NGC 4693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4693 as it looked roughly 78 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 4749Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4750Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.6 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).