IC 233
IC 233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 233 as it looked roughly 389 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 1072Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 263Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 868Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 863Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 1143Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 263Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 868Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 863Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 1143Elliptical45 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).