IC 2933
IC 2933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
418 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 418 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2933 as it looked roughly 418 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 2925Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3700Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3700Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical31 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).