IC 1553
IC 1553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1553 as it looked roughly 137 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 172Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7755Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 101Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7755Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 101Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular39 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).