NGC 93
NGC 93
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 93 as it looked roughly 251 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 90Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 79Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy12 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).