IC 733
IC 733
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 733 as it looked roughly 311 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 721Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3775Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral24 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).