IC 33
IC 33
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
777 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 777 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 33 as it looked roughly 777 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
IC 32Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 297Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 15Barred spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 29Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 297Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 15Barred spiral140 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).