NGC 3693
NGC 3693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3693 as it looked roughly 232 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
IC 706Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2668Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3663Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2668Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical17 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).