IC 1833
IC 1833
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1833 as it looked roughly 230 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 1165Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1811Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1885Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1813Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1811Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1885Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1813Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical32 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).