NGC 2633
NGC 2633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2633 as it looked roughly 101 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 2634ABarred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2551Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2550Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2551Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2938Spiral9.0 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).