IC 933
IC 933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 933 as it looked roughly 428 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 913Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 911Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 906Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4344Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 905Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 911Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 906Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4344Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical23 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).