NGC 993
NGC 993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 993 as it looked roughly 326 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 241Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1007Galaxy4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1007Galaxy4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1020Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy14 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).