NGC 1433
NGC 1433
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
9.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1433 as it looked roughly 50 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 1493Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1494Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1483Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1494Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1483Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 1954Barred spiral4.4 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).