IC 4133
IC 4133
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4133 as it looked roughly 296 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 4042Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4971Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4886Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4971Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical6.2 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).