NGC 1033
NGC 1033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1033 as it looked roughly 339 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 243Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1041Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1080Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1041Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1080Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular38 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).