NGC 6893
NGC 6893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6893 as it looked roughly 142 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 6875Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6875ABarred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6861FBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6902BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6851Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6875ABarred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6861FBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6902BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical12 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).