IC 4633
IC 4633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4633 as it looked roughly 138 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 4635Spiral840,000 ly
apartIC 4618Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4608Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral15 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4618Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4608Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral15 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral16 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).