IC 1793
IC 1793
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1793 as it looked roughly 248 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 917Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 804Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 940Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 804Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral18 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).