IC 1433 NED01
IC 1433 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1433 NED01 as it looked roughly 549 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 7287BGalaxy99 million ly
apartNGC 7287ALenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 7269Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1446Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1419Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1421Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7287ALenticular99 million ly
apartNGC 7269Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1446Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1419Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1421Elliptical120 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).