IC 3233
IC 3233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
361 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 361 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3233 as it looked roughly 361 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 775Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.6 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).