NGC 693
NGC 693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 693 as it looked roughly 73 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 676Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 718Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 864Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 718Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral16 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).