NGC 3433
NGC 3433
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3433 as it looked roughly 126 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 3367Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3391Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular19 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).