NGC 3833
NGC 3833
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3833 as it looked roughly 282 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 3817Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 724Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3820Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 724Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3839Spiral7.5 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).