NGC 493
NGC 493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 493 as it looked roughly 110 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 474Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred 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).