NGC 3133
NGC 3133
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3133 as it looked roughly 425 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 3139Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3280BLenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3296Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3141Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3280BLenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3296Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular48 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).