IC 1453
IC 1453
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1453 as it looked roughly 377 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 7308Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1456Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1451Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7301Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1456Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1451Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 7301Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy52 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).