IC 1353
IC 1353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1353 as it looked roughly 408 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
IC 1348Galaxy1.6 million ly
apartIC 1347Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1351Galaxy6.2 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1347Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1349Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1351Galaxy6.2 million ly
apartIC 1346Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7010Elliptical11 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).