IC 1933
IC 1933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1933 as it looked roughly 49 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 1954Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 1249Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1896Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1249Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1896Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral5.4 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).