NGC 193
NGC 193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 193 as it looked roughly 199 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 170Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 197Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 197Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular9.7 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).