NGC 6393
NGC 6393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6393 as it looked roughly 308 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 6436Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6275Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6491Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6275Barred spiral31 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).