NGC 3633
NGC 3633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3633 as it looked roughly 121 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 3976Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3433Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3876Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 738Irregular23 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3433Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3876Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 738Irregular23 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular27 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).