NGC 333B
NGC 333B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
778 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
339k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 778 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 333B as it looked roughly 778 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 80 NED02Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 60Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 38Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 37Barred spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 60Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 38Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 37Barred spiral71 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).