NGC 233
NGC 233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 233 as it looked roughly 254 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 181Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 183Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical16 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).