IC 833
IC 833
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
827 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 827 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 833 as it looked roughly 827 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 814Elliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 4991Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3824Lenticular240 million ly
apartIC 4223Barred spiral240 million ly
apartNGC 5059Spiral250 million ly
apartNGC 3965Lenticular250 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4991Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3824Lenticular240 million ly
apartIC 4223Barred spiral240 million ly
apartNGC 5059Spiral250 million ly
apartNGC 3965Lenticular250 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).