NGC 393
NGC 393
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 393 as it looked roughly 283 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 1647Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 425Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 477Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 425Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral34 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).