NGC 1093
NGC 1093
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1093 as it looked roughly 247 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 1060Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 973Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1167Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1823Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 973Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1167Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular23 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).