IC 1853
IC 1853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1853 as it looked roughly 194 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 1103Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1083Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1083Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical16 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).