NGC 3233
NGC 3233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3233 as it looked roughly 170 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
NGC 3240Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3282Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2589Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3282Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2589Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral13 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).