IC 393
IC 393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
558 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 558 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 393 as it looked roughly 558 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 1650Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular96 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2063Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular84 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular96 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical110 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).