IC 2533
IC 2533
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2533 as it looked roughly 114 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 3100Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2531Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical9.1 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).