IC 2033
IC 2033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
579 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 579 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2033 as it looked roughly 579 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 2050Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2025Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2025Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical38 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).