IC 693
IC 693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 693 as it looked roughly 492 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 3776Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 3703Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy67 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 657Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3703Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy67 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 657Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral90 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).