NGC 593
NGC 593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 593 as it looked roughly 242 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 589Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 128Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy20 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).