NGC 4033
NGC 4033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4033 as it looked roughly 74 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 4035Spiral2.5 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3956Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3956Barred spiral5.2 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).