IC 3633
IC 3633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3633 as it looked roughly 92 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 4596Lenticular480,000 ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular4.2 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4598Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular4.2 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical5.5 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).