IC 1633
IC 1633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
340 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
287k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 340 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1633 as it looked roughly 340 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 1595Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1630Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral25 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).