NGC 3933
NGC 3933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3933 as it looked roughly 173 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 3934Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4014Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4014Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular16 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).