NGC 4593
NGC 4593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4593 as it looked roughly 117 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 4602Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4663Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4658Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4454Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4642Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4604Irregular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4663Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4658Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4454Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4642Barred spiral12 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).