NGC 3493
NGC 3493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3493 as it looked roughly 416 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 3515Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical20 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3554Elliptical20 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular38 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).