NGC 893
NGC 893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 893 as it looked roughly 235 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
IC 1796Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 889Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 862Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 939Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 889Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 862Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 939Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral16 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).