NGC 2933
NGC 2933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2933 as it looked roughly 202 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 2487Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2896Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2954Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2749Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2896Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2954Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2751Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2749Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular28 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).