IC 1033
IC 1033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1033 as it looked roughly 376 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 5767Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5720Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5818Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5835Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4528Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5720Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5818Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5835Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4528Barred spiral32 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).