NGC 4133
NGC 4133
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4133 as it looked roughly 61 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 4319Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4363Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3403Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral9.2 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).