NGC 2333
NGC 2333
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2333 as it looked roughly 220 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 2185Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2275Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2275Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2289Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2290Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2294Elliptical23 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).