NGC 7593
NGC 7593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7593 as it looked roughly 191 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 7672Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 5309Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7619Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5309Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7619Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular13 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).