NGC 7033
NGC 7033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7033 as it looked roughly 423 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 7034Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7085Barred spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1394Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 7101Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7085Barred spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral77 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).