NGC 6493
NGC 6493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6493 as it looked roughly 277 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 6497Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6532Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6621Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6491Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6532Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6621Barred spiral35 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).