NGC 2693
NGC 2693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2693 as it looked roughly 229 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 2694Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2767Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2767Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2769Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2771Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2762Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2857Spiral19 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).