IC 1993
IC 1993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1993 as it looked roughly 51 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 1406Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1366Lenticular5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1484Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1389Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 1366Lenticular5.3 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).