NGC 6593
NGC 6593
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6593 as it looked roughly 230 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 6623 NED02Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6571Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical13 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).